I'm not sure there is a "Most Intuitive" design for this data problem, it seems more of a case by case issue.
I wouldn't throw away "Grid over Grid" interaction, aka "Master/Detail", aka "Parent/Child" panes. There's a time and place for design alternatives, such as inline detail (like the link sent out), navigating to another page, and having "master/detail" displays. Navigating to a new screen can be a very slow and jarring experience, in cases where there is value in rapid workflow between "Master" list line items, especially where each line item could have lots of details associated to it. As well, in "Master/Detail" the "Detail" pane can be optimized for eye tracking if it persists in size and location. Also if the Master is non-modal, users can bounce rapidly thru master line items in order to view their details, (try doing that with a full screen refresh ;). Rich -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Stefan Bookholt <[email protected]>wrote: > Wow this looks good and intuitive! I'll keep a solution like this in > mind when I'm facing this problem again, thanks. > > The only scenario I can come up with when this solution is not > intuitive is when the lists of data in the details are very large, > maybe even with paging through the details. I guess the best thing to > do then is navigating to a different page. > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49312 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [email protected] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
